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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2023

Distribution of Macrolide Resistant Mycoplasma genitalium in Urogenital Tract Specimens From Women Enrolled in a US Clinical Study Cohort.

Damon Getman, Seth Cohen, Alice Jiang

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  1. Clinical medicine & research · 2024
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  3. [High macrolides and fluoroquinolones resistance rate in Mycoplasma genitalium in southern Tenerife].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023
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Damon GetmanResearch and Development, Hologic, Inc, San Diego, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3530-2837
Seth CohenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Alice JiangResearch and Development, Hologic, Inc, San Diego, California, USA.

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Abstract

backgroundThis study evaluated the distribution of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium in multiple urogenital specimens collected from women enrolled in a prospective multicenter US clinical study.

methodsFour female urogenital specimens (vaginal swab, urine, endocervical swab, ectocervical brush/spatula) collected from each subject were tested using a transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) assay for M. genitalium. TMA-positive specimens were evaluated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and bidirectional Sanger sequencing of M. genitalium 23S rRNA to identify the presence of macrolide-resistance-mediating mutations (MRMs) at base positions 2058/2059.

resultsOf 140 women with ≥1 TMA-positive specimens, 128 (91.4%) yielded M. genitalium 23S rRNA sequence. MRMs were found in 52% of vaginal specimens, 46.3% of urine specimens, 37.8% of endocervical specimens, and 46% of ectocervical specimens. There were 44 unique specimen type/sequence phenotype combinations of M. genitalium infection. Most (81; 63.3%) women had single specimen-sequence phenotype (macrolide-susceptible, MRM, or both) infections, while 24 (18.8%) women had multiple specimen-sequence phenotype concordant infections, and 23 (17.9%) women had multiple specimen-sequence phenotype discordant infections. The sensitivity for any single specimen type to detect overall urogenital tract macrolide-resistant M. genitalium infection status was 96.3% for vaginal swab samples, 82.6% for urine samples, 70.8% for endocervical swab samples, and 82.1% for ectocervical brush/spatula liquid Pap samples.

conclusionsThe distribution of M. genitalium infections in female urogenital tract specimens is highly complex, with multiple phenotypic combinations of the organism infecting a significant proportion of women at different anatomic specimen collection sites. Vaginal swab sampling yielded the highest sensitivity for identifying women with macrolide-resistant M. genitalium urogenital tract infections.

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Mycoplasma genitaliumMycoplasma InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialFemaleHumansMacrolidesPrevalenceProspective StudiesRNA, Ribosomal, 23SAnti-Bacterial AgentsMacrolidesRNA, Ribosomal, 23Smacrolide-resistance mutationsMycoplasma genitaliumsexually transmitted infectionurogenital infection

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PMCPMC9907502

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